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Hawaii’s newest school children — kindergartners — will be starting school for their first time next month.  Since these kids aren’t going ‘back to school,’ they may not know what to expect — or what’s expected of them — when they get there.  The Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture (INPEACE) is encouraging families […]

After six weeks, eight district meetings and 27 meetings in the council chambers, the Maui County council approved on first reading yesterday its version of the 2011 fiscal year budget.  The vote was unanimous at 8-0. Budget Committee Chair Joseph Pontanilla said the budget committee recommendation decreases the Mayor’s proposed $530 million by an estimated […]